bwahahhahaa.
i dare them to try to enforce that.
what are they going to do - check's men's trouser pockets?
dig into a woman's purse?

naaaahhhh. just turn off the ringer/text and email alert sound so nothing rings or dings. and don't take pictures. and then you're fine.

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011

Depending on the city & popularity of the movie, security sometime does search you & wand you with a metal detector. Other times they just make you check in your cell phone into paper bags or return them to your car. But in general they don't make a big deal as long as people turn it off before the movie starts.

Depending on the city & popularity of the movie, security sometime does search you & wand you with a metal detector. Other times they just make you check in your cell phone into paper bags or return them to your car. But in general they don't make a big deal as long as people turn it off before the movie starts.

Glad I've never encountered this. And I am not willing to be subjected to it, either.
If a movie theater EVER asks to search me, wand me or ID me, for going in to a theater with tickets to see a movie,
1. I will leave
2. I will boycott that theater and that chain forever and tell everyone I know to do the same.

There is a limit to how much I am willing to have my privacy violated.

"Folks, please turn off your cellphones" is enough of an announcement to remind people to do so and be courteous. I don't need the TSA treatment for going to see a movie!

And before someone says New York is different - I've been to movies in NYC, Boston (two 9/11 cities) and Chicago. Big enough, crowded enough. It's just the principle.

Glad I've never encountered this. And I am not willing to be subjected to it, either.
If a movie theater EVER asks to search me, wand me or ID me, for going in to a theater with tickets to see a movie,
1. I will leave
2. I will boycott that theater and that chain forever and tell everyone I know to do the same.

There is a limit to how much I am willing to have my privacy violated.

"Folks, please turn off your cellphones" is enough of an announcement to remind people to do so and be courteous. I don't need the TSA treatment for going to see a movie!

And before someone says New York is different - I've been to movies in NYC, Boston (two 9/11 cities) and Chicago. Big enough, crowded enough. It's just the principle.

LOL. Good thing you don't go to screenings in metro Detroit, then. For some screenings they make you check your cell phones, for MOST screenings they wand us, and for ALL screenings you are expected to turn your phone off during the film. They say that if you answer your phone/check your email/etc during the movie you will be thrown out, and that if you need to do that you have to go outside the theater.

Ah, almost forgot what I came here to ask-

any Green Lantern codes for Novi, MI for tomorrow night? I have a friend that needs passes.

Glad I've never encountered this. And I am not willing to be subjected to it, either.
If a movie theater EVER asks to search me, wand me or ID me, for going in to a theater with tickets to see a movie,
1. I will leave
2. I will boycott that theater and that chain forever and tell everyone I know to do the same.

There is a limit to how much I am willing to have my privacy violated.

"Folks, please turn off your cellphones" is enough of an announcement to remind people to do so and be courteous. I don't need the TSA treatment for going to see a movie!

And before someone says New York is different - I've been to movies in NYC, Boston (two 9/11 cities) and Chicago. Big enough, crowded enough. It's just the principle.

It is simply their anti-piracy attempt (not really a noise/disturbance issue). You absolutely do NOT have to be "subjected to" this type of search. The movie theater and/or security/screeing co also absolutely do not have to let you in to their FREE screenings though either.

Yeah, Avatar, Tron3D, and Mr. Popper's Penguins (WTF) all required us to leave our cellphones in the car or put them in a plastic bag. All three were different movie theatre chains & studios, so maybe it has to do with the marketing firm responsible for organizing the screenings. But the press was allowed to hold on to their phones

anti piracy i totally understand and have no issues with.
asking someone - politely - to leave their phone in the car is one thing.
wanding them, patting them down and getting them to go through metal detectors whole other dimension.

that is where my beef lies.

yes i am well aware it's a free screening. but whether it's free or paid, if a movie theater ever seeks to pat me down to go watch a movie, well, they can keep their theater. that's all i was saying.

anti piracy i totally understand and have no issues with.
asking someone - politely - to leave their phone in the car is one thing.
wanding them, patting them down and getting them to go through metal detectors whole other dimension.

that is where my beef lies.

yes i am well aware it's a free screening. but whether it's free or paid, if a movie theater ever seeks to pat me down to go watch a movie, well, they can keep their theater. that's all i was saying.

But that IS what they're doing (generally). ASKING people politely to take their phones to their cars. Unfortunately people who want to pirate films are unlikelyto heed a polite request and so we are ALL subjected to wanding. NEVER have I been "pat down" (unless the wand set off an alarm and the guy "groped" my jacket pocket to confirm keys were the culprit). Movie theaters are not installing (stand alone) metal detectors for screenings so you may be overly paranoid (or have seen things I haven't) though I've seen SCHOOLS with them! I have no beef with a request and confirmation situation if that's what it takes. I have FAR more of a problem with waiting for a long time to get the chance to get in and with people saving spots in line ahead of me for others who didn't bother to show as early as I did. Yup, I'd rather deal with a very minor inconvenience than pay what they're asking for the (low quality) films these days. It's a choice. You choose no? Fair enough.

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